Boost your Cake Bake Dough

Boosting your Cake Bake “Dough” We have come up with a few ideas to help you raise even more from your cake sale…

• Set up an online fundraising page for those that can’t make it but want to support your efforts.

• Hold a virtual bake off competition between family, friend and colleagues. Make it a fundraiser and ask for a £1 donation to CRY for taking part.

• Organise and hold a virtual baking class. Is there a family recipe you’ve always wanted to make? Or why not use one of the recipes from this Booklet! Ask for donations to take part, or ask family and friends to sponsor your efforts.

• Send out an email/social media message with pictures of what’s on sale. Who can resist a cake when they can see how delicious they look! Use our template here

• Set up a virtual team-building CRY Great Cake Bake for your colleagues working from home. The usual weekly team catch-up can only be improved with a cake break! Maybe you’ve acquired new baking skills over lockdown, now is your chance to show them off.

• Usually run a cake raffle for your show-stopper? Instead, sell your raffle tickets online, and deliver your cake to the winner.

• If you have children (or colleagues!) why not offer them the chance to ice their own cupcake for a donation and make it a competition for the most imaginative.

• Hold bake sales and catch up mornings between the people in your home.

• Make and donate your bakes to a local business, shelter, or even your street. Cake drop-offs would surely make you a very popular neighbour!

• Got any leftovers? Why not find the local food bank or homeless shelter to save you from eating any cakes that haven’t sold at the end of the day.

Peanut Butter & Banana Oat by Chris Bavin

“Snacks for kids that aren’t full of sugar but are still appealing can be difficult to find. I make up batches of these delicious peanut oat bars and pop them in the freezer so we have a ready supply – they’re perfect for the walk home from school to keep the kids moving along!”

Ingredients 200g (7oz) jumbo porridge oats 120g (41/4oz) plain flour, white or wholemeal 3 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp baking powder good pinch of salt 75g (21/2oz) raisins 3 tbsp desiccated coconut (optional) 2 ripe bananas 2 large tbsp peanut butter or any other nut butter you have 1 egg 2 tsp vanilla extract 375ml (121/2fl oz) milk – can be dairy, nut milk, soya, or coconut 3 tbsp honey

Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF/Gas 4). Place the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking power, salt, raisins, and coconut in a large bowl and mix together.

Mash the bananas and peanut butter together then add the egg. Beat the egg into the mixture, making sure everything is well combined, then add the vanilla, milk, and honey.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones and mix together well, then pour the mixture into a lined 20cm x 20cm (8 x 8in) tin and bake in the oven for 35–40 minutes, or until a skewer comes out of the centre clean. Leave to cool in the tray then cut into bars and store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Feed the freezer: Freeze the cooked bars in an airtight container, slotting greaseproof paper between them to stop them from sticking together. Thaw at room temperature then store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.